2nd how about one first

runpd

Eye Lick Two Rhune

posted: 4/18/2008 at 2:52 PM

Well I signed up for the Twin Cities Marathon. This means I signed up for my second marathon before I even ran my first. Confused

Does this make sense to anyone.

ON THE 7th DAY, GOD DID AN EASY 6 "Running is a big question mark that’s there each and every day. It asks you, ‘Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?'" - Peter Maher

zoom-zoom

Fanatic #3965

posted: 4/18/2008 at 2:53 PM

I think you should register for your 3rd, too...Trent's Monkey Marathon. Wink

You're brave...or crazy. You decide. Smile

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

mizSterious262

posted: 4/18/2008 at 3:49 PM

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Wink

Plus, you'll have that goal out there to keep you motivated after #1 is done.

Dorsey

San Diego 1997: 4:59:59, San Diego 1999: 4:37:23, Carlsbad 2008: 6:32:21, America's Finest City Half Aug 2008: ??

"Run if you can. Walk if you must. Crawl if you have to. Just don't give up."

runpd

Eye Lick Two Rhune

posted: 4/18/2008 at 3:57 PM
modified: 4/18/2008 at 3:57 PM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 4/18/2008 at 2:53 PM:

I think you should register for your 3rd, too...Trent's Monkey Marathon. You're brave...or crazy. You decide.

Would love to try the Monkey Marathon its the cost of getting there. I prefere to be called highly motivated not crazy Wink

ON THE 7th DAY, GOD DID AN EASY 6 "Running is a big question mark that’s there each and every day. It asks you, ‘Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?'" - Peter Maher

zoom-zoom

Fanatic #3965

posted: 4/18/2008 at 4:14 PM

Quote from runpd on 4/18/2008 at 3:57 PM:

I prefere to be called highly motivated not crazy

Ooh, I gotta remember that one when my non-running friends and family tell me I'm nuts! Big grin

Next year I hope to go volunteer at the Monkey. Good way to meet and support friends and take a vacation somewhere pretty.

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

Strings_n_88keys

meh

posted: 4/19/2008 at 7:02 PM
modified: 4/19/2008 at 7:03 PM

I'm seriously thinking about signing up for Hatfield/McCoy (June 14th)... but not until after running Flying Pig (May 4th). I *have* however, signed up for the NYC marathon lottery. I personally think it's crazier to sign up for a second marathon at anytime after running your first, but maybe that's because I ran a 10-mile PR for the first 10 miles of my first marathon... 1'30" per mile faster than my goal pace.

"You can't untrain for Monkey" - bdub

PerfesserR

posted: 4/19/2008 at 9:07 PM
modified: 4/19/2008 at 9:27 PM

The Hatfield-McCoy Marathon is a must-do, IMHO. Whether you do it this year or in the future, you should do it sometime. I've done it twice--the half, then the full, and it's one of my favorite ones. In terms of bang-for-the-buck, you can't beat the H&M, and the RD (David Hatfield--yes, that Hatfield) is one of the best. You even get a pasta dinner with an informative skit giving the history of the famous feud. The race passes the sites of some of the skirmishes in the feud:

Just reserve your hotel room early, there aren't many hotels in the area. All in all, one of my most memorable races.

"Able to function despite imminent catastrophe"

"The most common question from potential entrants is 'I do not know if I can do this' to which I usually answer, 'that's the whole point'.--Paul Charteris, Tarawera Ultramarathon RD.

"They just couldn't believe that somebody would do all that running for no reason."--Forrest Gump

Boston Marathon 15 April

Big Sur Marathon 28 April

Bighorn 50 Mile 15 June

Tahoe Rim Trail 100M 20/21 July

Strings_n_88keys

meh

posted: 4/20/2008 at 6:47 PM

I think I'm going to be passing through WVa that weekend, so it will only be a matter of which route I take. I'm sure the half would be a good compromise, but very little difference in elevation difficulty.

"You can't untrain for Monkey" - bdub

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